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this report. -- extraordinary has sent us -- correspondent has sent us this report. >> mitt romney. like his opponent, he's amassed countless air miles chasing every last vote. in those parts of america, the balance could tip in his favor. today his supporters gathered for one last rally to waive the flag and cheer their -- wave the flag and cheer their man. >> i'm extremely hopeful. i love my country too so i hope it gets the president it deserves. it's a wakeup call for america because i believe if we don't turn things around now our children will suffer and their children. >> it's been a bruising contest in an increasingly divided nation. an election fueled by one question above all -- who's got the stronger plan for the economy? >> what's the climate been like? >> difficult. very difficult. money's tight, people don't want to buy anything necessarily that they don't necessarily need. and they're losing their homes. >> the next president of the united states, mitt romney! >> this is mitt romney's second run at the presidency. even his father ran for the white house and he's used
this report. -- extraordinary has sent us -- correspondent has sent us this report. >> mitt romney. like his opponent, he's amassed countless air miles chasing every last vote. in those parts of america, the balance could tip in his favor. today his supporters gathered for one last rally to waive the flag and cheer their -- wave the flag and cheer their man. >> i'm extremely hopeful. i love my country too so i hope it gets the president it deserves. it's a wakeup call for america...
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laura is in cleveland for us tonight at a cleveland market for us tonight, laura. i imagine you've been chatting to shoppers today. what have they been telling you about the state of this race? >> well, it's very interesting. the one thing that you hear above anything else is that people are totally and utterly fed up with the political ads on television. i counted 16 last night. so the major sense of it is we're really waiting for this all to be over. but, yes, people feel flaccid in a way that this is such an important thing and it matters so much, but everyone is taking it very seriously, whether they tell you how they're going to vote or not. the sense you get here is that the economy is performing better than in the rest of the country and that is in part due to the fact that there was a bailout of the auto industry here, a car manufacturing being a big business here, so that's been a cushion, really. unemployment is 7% association that's below the national average. but it's also a very tight race and the president really blew it in the first debate, and since
laura is in cleveland for us tonight at a cleveland market for us tonight, laura. i imagine you've been chatting to shoppers today. what have they been telling you about the state of this race? >> well, it's very interesting. the one thing that you hear above anything else is that people are totally and utterly fed up with the political ads on television. i counted 16 last night. so the major sense of it is we're really waiting for this all to be over. but, yes, people feel flaccid in a...
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that should be good news to us. we have to rebuild our infrastructure and so on, but we are capable of doing that. most of the world looks to us to lead with allies in relationships, not dictate, not occupy, but to bring leadership along where we can find common interests. >> let's hope you are right. thank you so much. now to bravery and finally honored prepare. and -- finally honored. she was born into an indian family, but found herself working behind enemy lines tour world war ii. she was eventually captured and killed by the nazis. today, she is honored. here is a remarkable story. >> in a quiet london square where a young indian girl once played, a crowd of several hundred our their heads and listen to the music composed by a member of her family. this is the face of the woman known to our fellow agents as a norah baker. her life and death remained shrouded in secrecy for decades. norah baker was the daughter of a soupy preacher with royal blood in her vain -- the daughter of a sufi preacher, a daughter with w
that should be good news to us. we have to rebuild our infrastructure and so on, but we are capable of doing that. most of the world looks to us to lead with allies in relationships, not dictate, not occupy, but to bring leadership along where we can find common interests. >> let's hope you are right. thank you so much. now to bravery and finally honored prepare. and -- finally honored. she was born into an indian family, but found herself working behind enemy lines tour world war ii. she...
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. >> thank you for joining us from new york. the cia has opened an investigation into the conduct of its former director david petraeus who resigned last week over an extramarital affair. an agency spokesman says the investigation is exploratory and does not presuppose any particular outcome. he is scheduled to testify tomorrow in front of lawmakers on the attack in benghazi. president obama has pledged ongoing federal support for areas struggling to recover after a storm sandy. he went to new york for the first time with the devastation and that with families, officials, and first responders. it has been 2.5 years since an explosion on an oil rig in the gulf of mexico killed 11 people and unleashed a massive spill. bp has agreed to pay $4.5 billion and will plead guilty to criminal charges. the announcement was made by the u.s. attorney general who traveled to new orleans for the event. >> already, this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster america has ever faced. >> many people are dead, millions of gallons of oil cont
. >> thank you for joining us from new york. the cia has opened an investigation into the conduct of its former director david petraeus who resigned last week over an extramarital affair. an agency spokesman says the investigation is exploratory and does not presuppose any particular outcome. he is scheduled to testify tomorrow in front of lawmakers on the attack in benghazi. president obama has pledged ongoing federal support for areas struggling to recover after a storm sandy. he went...
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the company said that it never condone the use of forced labor. and independent report shows it failed to properly look at how their suppliers were manufacturing furniture for the company at the time. >> with the mix of bright scandinavian style and low price, people have flocked to ikea. about six under million customers in its stores in 25 countries, from britain to china to america. it stylish modern design it is very popular. but there is a dark side, the grim jails where ikea used political prisoners. today, this person as a tourist at the old berlin wall. but under communism, he was in prison two years after campaigning for human-rights. when he got to the west, a friend took him shopping and he recognized the furniture. he says i realized some of the furniture had actually been produced by us. i thought this might have been made by me. at a press conference today, ikea admit that it new political prisoners were making its products. one of its managers said they told the east german regime to stop, but the forced labor continued. >> there we
the company said that it never condone the use of forced labor. and independent report shows it failed to properly look at how their suppliers were manufacturing furniture for the company at the time. >> with the mix of bright scandinavian style and low price, people have flocked to ikea. about six under million customers in its stores in 25 countries, from britain to china to america. it stylish modern design it is very popular. but there is a dark side, the grim jails where ikea used...
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the nation is used to flooding at this time of year. the frequency of what is known as high wateras h increased dramatically in the last few years. thank you for joining us. how often does this happen? >> it is -- happens increasingly often. part of the issues in venice is we have observed over the last hundred years the frequency and magnitude of floods have gone up. this type of what is becoming increasingly frequent. i?atys o dth global warming or the fact the city is sinking? we have heard how venice had sunk in the last century. >> due to both. initially, there is no question that the sinking of the city accounts for about half of the level. the seat level rise is -- the thinking is under significant -- sinking is under significant control. th we are lookuining at people wading through the water. when you look at the old buildings and think about the water getting in, there has to be some kind of damage done to the structure of these buildings, you cannot help? >> the main problem is the buildings were built to maintain the level o
the nation is used to flooding at this time of year. the frequency of what is known as high wateras h increased dramatically in the last few years. thank you for joining us. how often does this happen? >> it is -- happens increasingly often. part of the issues in venice is we have observed over the last hundred years the frequency and magnitude of floods have gone up. this type of what is becoming increasingly frequent. i?atys o dth global warming or the fact the city is sinking? we have...
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we believe we can control it. >> spy on party members using web cameras and getting them to study to make them more virtuous. what has pushed the issue is the downfall of a contender for the party's new leadership, accused of massive corruption and arrested after his wife admitted killing the british businessmen neil hayward. under the outgoing leaders, it has grown 10 times. the internet is giving people a tool to scrutinize the party. an outlet to express their anger. >> dismissed as the local official after internet users scrutinized pictures of them. he had nine different luxury watches many times his annual salary. ordinary chinese are increasingly outraged. this demonstration against a land-grabbing officials was posted on the anti-corruption website. >> it used to be individuals were corrupt, ballot as whole groups of officials. the system is crippled and nobody is accountable. >> most damaging is the extraordinary wealth that has been amassed by their mi esifa letegi.mati, maybe, but it is embarrassing. the party's new leader will be installed, and his relatives ches estimate
we believe we can control it. >> spy on party members using web cameras and getting them to study to make them more virtuous. what has pushed the issue is the downfall of a contender for the party's new leadership, accused of massive corruption and arrested after his wife admitted killing the british businessmen neil hayward. under the outgoing leaders, it has grown 10 times. the internet is giving people a tool to scrutinize the party. an outlet to express their anger. >> dismissed...
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my son is sick, and that affects all of us. my hope is to go to a european country and take care of my soften. all i am asking for is treatment for my son. >> but the short sea journey to europe can be pirro luis. in august nearly 60 people drowned, mostly women and children, drowned when a smuggler's boat overturned. >> he has asked us not to show his face. he is haunted by what happened. >> i saw people under the war. a woman and child tried to cling to me. people were all over each other and drowning. there was a little boy on the boat and i talked to him and said i would take care of him in europe. but he drowned. >> here, the shortest crossing to greece is just eight kilometers. the gateway to europe is close. having sold everything they own, many of the refugees are paying up to 5,000 pounds, their entire life savings, to try and escape to europe. what they hope they will find over there is safety and a new life. but in greece they find a country in the grip of economic crisis. the rise of the neo nazi golden dawn has cre
my son is sick, and that affects all of us. my hope is to go to a european country and take care of my soften. all i am asking for is treatment for my son. >> but the short sea journey to europe can be pirro luis. in august nearly 60 people drowned, mostly women and children, drowned when a smuggler's boat overturned. >> he has asked us not to show his face. he is haunted by what happened. >> i saw people under the war. a woman and child tried to cling to me. people were all...
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for all of us here, thank you for watching. see you back here tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to -- working to provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was >> "bbc world news" was presented hi, neighbor! my grandpere is coming over to visit for thank you day. yay! and then we're going to have a thank you day party! thank you for coming over to play today. i'll be right back. is made possible in part by... the richard king mellon foundation. dedicated for over sixty years to south western pennsylvania's quality of life, and competitive future. and by these pittsburg foundations. working together to enhance and enrich the lives of children for
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we are very religious, all of the things that make us republican, and except that they do not want us here. >> for now they must leave their losses. they know tomorrow the battle starts over again. >> despite president obama's victory his celebration may be short-lived. last night voters voted to keep the house of representatives in republican control. as you have seen, the divisions between the parties about how to deal with economic problems are fast. -- vast. >> this is a land where nothing changed overnight, a land still stuck in an economic rut. times are tough at the barber shop run by ivan loyd. obama has another chance to get the economy back on track. ?an he do it chairma >> when you see things that are happening on the economic front and the last couple months, that is a good sign. >> if you think obama is on the right track? >> yes. >> how to deal with a country so undivided. the wealth gap is clear. so is the ideological divide. the president has to work with a split congress. in the senate they strengthen the narrow majority. in the lower house, republicans still have sol
we are very religious, all of the things that make us republican, and except that they do not want us here. >> for now they must leave their losses. they know tomorrow the battle starts over again. >> despite president obama's victory his celebration may be short-lived. last night voters voted to keep the house of representatives in republican control. as you have seen, the divisions between the parties about how to deal with economic problems are fast. -- vast. >> this is a...
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i used to be a chef and now i tell stories for a living. my latest production is a graphic novel called get jiro. he lives in a dystopian future. he was a former japanese gangster who had a passion for sushi. warring clans of bad guys fight over him. he pretty much tells them all. -- kills them all. it is a satirical worst-case scenario of all of the scenes and silliness in foodie culture right now. it is also a world that is violently split over opposing philosophies of food. there are people who do not care where their stuff comes from as long as it is good, and people for whom, presumably, all that matters is if it is local, pure, organic, of the earth. i think they are equally hypocritical and equally ridiculous. i wanted to create an imaginary world where somebody who abuses sushi gets the punishment they deserve. what would happen if a juror comes in here, and sits down -- jerk comes in here, sits down, makes a mistake and the chef leans over and cuts his head off. i needed to create a world where that would be permissible. the single
i used to be a chef and now i tell stories for a living. my latest production is a graphic novel called get jiro. he lives in a dystopian future. he was a former japanese gangster who had a passion for sushi. warring clans of bad guys fight over him. he pretty much tells them all. -- kills them all. it is a satirical worst-case scenario of all of the scenes and silliness in foodie culture right now. it is also a world that is violently split over opposing philosophies of food. there are people...
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use of the president going out of his way to embrace petraeus. it is not like the president can alienate petraeus before that testimony, but if you look, the president largely portrayed him. >> i think you want to talk about this fiscal cliff. >> one of the goals he had was restating his position on the tax side, and that is that increase needs to happen for wealthy americans. there are always two sides of the fiscal cliff. there is the tax side and the spending side. over 10 years, 1.2 trillion dollars, but the question is, does the president support a temporary postponement? that is what i want to get to, because there is not going to be enough time unless you postponed. >> did you sense he was open to some kind of a deal with republicans? where does the deal lied? >> they did two steps forward, one step back. then he says he is open to the idea of having rates stay where they are apt, but finding the money by closing loopholes, so- called tax expenditures. the idea but it was open to all ideas. he wants to send a message that he is willing to
use of the president going out of his way to embrace petraeus. it is not like the president can alienate petraeus before that testimony, but if you look, the president largely portrayed him. >> i think you want to talk about this fiscal cliff. >> one of the goals he had was restating his position on the tax side, and that is that increase needs to happen for wealthy americans. there are always two sides of the fiscal cliff. there is the tax side and the spending side. over 10 years,...
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this police captain told us he was not here willingly. he said he had no choice but to submit. the senior commander addresses the crowd. he promises order, security, and to improve people's lives. he also vowed to continue to live -- continue the fighting all the way to the capital is necessary. >> do they want the rebels to stop and go more, or do they want them to carry on? there is encouragement from the crowd. yes, they say, carry-on. they feel they have all of the bargaining chips to get the congolese government to come to them to negotiate. >> if the rebels mean what they say, then this is a conflict in danger of spreading throughout the condo and possibly beyond. decressin out to a small village in the hills of catalonia, which is taking a stand and declaring itself submissive lee -- itself and submissive. they will stop paying taxes to the spanish government. the decision comes ahead of a key regional election on sunday. >> in villages like this, most people will tell you that catalana, not spanish -- and you can spot the pro-independence catalon flag. he and others in
this police captain told us he was not here willingly. he said he had no choice but to submit. the senior commander addresses the crowd. he promises order, security, and to improve people's lives. he also vowed to continue to live -- continue the fighting all the way to the capital is necessary. >> do they want the rebels to stop and go more, or do they want them to carry on? there is encouragement from the crowd. yes, they say, carry-on. they feel they have all of the bargaining chips to...
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for all of us at world news america, thank you for watching. and please, to in tomorrow. -- a tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailor solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles. - hi, neighbor! today at school, we're choosing something new for the playground! swings or slide! they're both fun to play on! and then, we get to choose a new class pet! be right back. is made possible in part by... the richard king mellon foundation. dedicated for over sixty years to south western pennsylvania's quality of life, and competitive future. and by these pittsburg foundations. working
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